Reading List

Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard H. Thaler
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard Thaler
Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success by Adam M. Grant
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action. by Simon Sinek
The Art Of War by Sun Tzu
The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton M. Christensen
Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism by Fumio Sasaki
Crucial Influence, Third Edition: Leadership Skills to Create Lasting Behavior Change by Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan & Al Switzler
Power Moves: Lessons from Davos by Adam Grant
Crucial Conversations (Third Edition): Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler & Emily Gregory
Rich Dad, Poor Dad What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That The Poor & The Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki & Tom Parks
Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday

The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data by Charles Wheelan
Cracking the Tech Career: Insider Advice on Landing a Job at Google, Microsoft, Apple, or Any Top Tech Company by Gayle McDowell
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss with Tahl Raz
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
Follow the Leader - a Collection of the Best Lectures on Leadership by Simon Sinek, Laura Sicola, Gen. James Mattis, Roselinde Torres, Simon Lancaster, John Maxwell
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't by Simon Sinek
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel & Blake Masters

Machine Learning: The New AI (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) by Ethem Alpaydin
The Experience Economy: Work Is Theater & Every Business a Stage by B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
Every Tool's a Hammer: Lessons from a Lifetime of Making by Adam Savage
The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure by Grant Cardone
The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You by Julie Zhuo

How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method by G. Polya
Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Spain, Germany, and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia—and Even Iraq—Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World’s Most Popular Sport by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant
The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed.: The Definitive Book on Value Investing by Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig & Warren E. Buffett
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. by Brené Brown

John Purviance